Commentary
Opinion articles and speeches by MHC faculty, staff, and students, published in the media are available here. Should you wish to respond to the ideas contained within any of these articles, email Mary Jo Curtis, director of media relations, and she will forward your message to the commentator.
Psychology Today: Barry on Perception
In her latest Psychology Today essay, MHC Professor of Biological Sciences Susan R. Barry says expectations and past experiences color our perception of the present.
January 27, 2012
Barry Blogs on Rewiring the Brain
In Psychology Today, MHC professor Susan R. Barry explains how Christmas gifts, curiosity, and brain circuits can play a role in neurological rehabilitation and recovery.
January 10, 2012
Amber Haque '02 Writes on Pakistan's Ban
In Pakistan's Express Tribune, Amber Haque '02 analyzes that country's attempt to control text phone spam by banning some 1,600 words it deemed offensive.
January 10, 2012
Horansky Writes on WPSP in Huffington Post
Christine Horansky '04 reports on the "Hillary effect" and the need for the Women in Public Service Project in the January 5 edition of the Huffington Post.
January 6, 2012
NYRB: Benfey on O'Keeffe and Stieglitz
Mellon Professor of English Christopher Benfey writes about the lives of artists Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz in a piece for the New York Review of Books.
January 3, 2012
NYRB: Benfey Writes on Patti Smith
In the New York Review of Books, MHC's Christopher Benfey blogs about a night at the Metropolitan Museum of Art with Patti Smith, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Alfred Stieglitz.
December 14, 2011
NYT: Benfey Reviews Le Morte d’Arthur
Acting Dean of Faculty Christopher Benfey reviews an abridged retelling of Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d'Arthur for the New York Times Sunday Book Review.
December 5, 2011
Ellis Writes for Constitution Daily
MHC's Joseph Ellis writes about the love story of John and Abigail Adams in advance of a sold-out speaking event tonight at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.
November 9, 2011
Standing Writes on Precariat for Republican
In the Republican and MassLive.com, author and economist Guy Standing writes about the "precariat," also the subject of his November 2 lecture at Mount Holyoke.
November 3, 2011
Kavita Ramdas '85 Writes on Peace Unveiled
In an op-ed for the Huffington Post, Kavita Ramdas '85 discusses Peace Unveiled, the third installment in the five-part PBS series, Women, War, and Peace.
November 3, 2011
Christine Horansky '04 in Washington Post
World Bank education communications specialist Christine Horansky '04 writes about the life-saving power of education in an oped for the Washington Post.
November 2, 2011
Jon Western Featured in Foreign Affairs
Five College Professor Jon Western has coauthored an article on humanitarian intervention that's featured in the November/December issue of Foreign Affairs.
November 2, 2011
Reiter Featured in Journal of Foreign Relations
In the Journal of Foreign Relations, Andrew G. Reiter, a new assistant professor of politics, writes about bringing the Mubarak regime to justice in Egypt .
October 21, 2011
LA Times: Ellis on Jefferson's View
Joseph J. Ellis, MHC's Professor of History on the Ford Foundation, brings the prescient words of Thomas Jefferson full circle in the October 19 Los Angeles Times.
October 19, 2011
Benfey Reviews Keats Biography for NYT
MHC's Christopher Benfey reviews a new book by Denise Gigante, The Keats Brothers: The Life of John and George, for the New York Times Sunday Book Review.
October 17, 2011
Benfey Praises Nobel Winner in TNR
In the New Republic, MHC's Christopher Benfey examines the work of Tomas Tranströmer, the 2011 winner of the Nobel Prize in literature, and his translator Robert Bly.
October 7, 2011
Fox Wants to Step Away from the Tax 'Step-Up'
In an op-ed published by the Providence Journal, tax scholar John O. Fox suggests ending the "step-up" tax break on the sale of homes that have appreciated in value.
July 21, 2011
Josipa Roksa '00 Pens NYT Op-ed
Josipa Roksa '00 and Richard Arum, her coauthor on the book Academically Adrift, penned an opinion piece on the quality of U.S. college education for the May 15 New York Times.
May 17, 2011
Pasquerella Fires Letter at Maine's LePage
President Lynn Pasquerella has sent a letter to Maine Governor Paul LePage to protest his removal of the mural depicting Frances Perkins at that state's Department of Labor.
March 29, 2011
WAMC: Pasquerella on End-of-Life Decisions
On WAMC's Health Show, President Pasquerella discusses the Obama administration's decision to squash funding to have physicians talk to patients about end-of-life decisions.
January 31, 2011
Benfey Reviews Dickinson Book in NYRB
Writing in the November issue of the New York Review of Books, MHC professor Christopher Benfey reviews Helen Vendler's Dickinson: Selected Poems and Commentaries.
November 5, 2010
Brittany Finder '12 Participates in Spirit Day
In an editorial published in the Daily Hampshire Gazette, Brittany Finder '12 talks about the importance of showing support for victims of homophobia through Spirit Day.
November 2, 2010
Manegold Featured on FiveBooks.com
MHC's Catherine S. Manegold is the featured author of the day on FiveBooks.com, where she selects and recommends five works of narrative nonfiction.
August 9, 2010
Huffington Post: Demas on Summer Escape
In an August 4 piece in the Huffington Post, Corinne Demas writes about escaping technology and finding peace in clamming on Cape Cod.
August 5, 2010
MHC's Amy Takes on Tea Party
In an August 4 oped in the Albany Times-Union, politics professor Douglas Amy responds to the Tea Party's call for less government.
August 4, 2010
